Electric Mid&Hi Fired Ceramics
Potters & Sculptors - Making Rock from Mud
Malcolm Davis Shino
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Comment by George Lewter on November 5, 2014 at 8:20am
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That is carbon trapping, as is the gray/black on this little pitcher. The shino goes orange where thin, creamy white and traps carbon where thick, if free carbon is available at sintering (around cone 0120). This one was fired in a gas kiln with reduction.
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Comment by Rodney Allen Roe on November 5, 2014 at 3:53am
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Thanks for sharing this. Is the black/gray from the smoke or is that carbon trapping/ oil spot effect? And is the orange color in the interior part from the same glaze? You've gotten me all excited about trying sagger firing in our electric kiln!
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Comment by Rhonda morris on April 6, 2011 at 11:49pm
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The pot looks good great carbon trapping. Have used this glaze in wood firing and it looks good even when temp only reaches cone 6 in some spots. Did you use a dark body clay?
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Most cool. I will definitely have to diddle around with that. I participated in a couple of Malcolm's shino workshops and would love to experiment with the glazes. Thanks for sharing the info...your work is lovely!
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Thank you Teresa! The saggar is simple, all you need is a high fired stoneware nursery pot (or make your own), some fiber blanket, a kiln shelf (for the lid and a broken portion for your piece to rest on), 3 briquettes and some combustibles.
The old pot is the saggar, plug the drain hole with a piece of fiber blanket. Place the broken kiln shelf over the hole and place the briquettes around it. Add combustibles and your pot. Cut blank so it 1" wider than the diameter of the saggar, place on top of and put kiln shelf on top. I place a few other pieces on top off the shelf lid to maximize kiln space. Fire as you would anything else. No damage to element, very little odor and no smoke escapes the saggar. The result is a reduced environment in an electric kiln.
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Very nice! Could you comment on the process of saggar firing in an electric kiln? How do you go about it? Does it destroy your elements?
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